Practice question
The Board calls conciliation meetings on an unresolved bargaining dispute. One party attends only to obstruct settlement and refuses to participate fully or promptly, claiming the statutory duty requires only bilateral meetings. Which duty has it overlooked?
- Full and prompt participation in Board-called conciliation and avoidance of acts impeding early settlement
- Conciliation is categorically outside the Code
- Attendance permits every obstructive act
- The Board can never call bargaining parties
- Only the employer must participate in any process
Legal references
- Labor Code, Articles 261-263 (formerly 250-252), bargaining procedure and mutual duty: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
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